for civilian shtf You can't hit them moving, reliably enough to risk wasting a shot and revealing your presence, beyond 300 yds or so (200 yds if dodging) If they are holding still, in daylight, they dont know of your (hostile, armed) presence, so WHY tell them, hmm? CAuse you're too stupid to have all your stuff and yourself below ground, thus you fear being detected? CAuse your guns aint silenced and they've noticed your shooting? Cause you're too dumb/weak to stay out of sight during daylight hours and got yourself noticed in that manner? how will you know that, while you engage one group, you're not just "calling in" others, from an unexpected direction? You can't know it, so why do it? Especially, why give up the silenced handiness of the shorty AR, the .22 unit, the luminous sights, GI (main) caliber, concealability, etc, to get "longer range" that you can't really use ( and which makes no sense to attempt to use)?
High-value targets are almost never found out in the boonies, and whacking lots of grunts has no effect. The war-lords (whose death MIGHT be worth risking your life to achieve) will require concealed carry of the rifle, sub- 100 yd shots, probably at a mover,probably first having to whack 1-2 of his guards (whose bodies will be used to shield the "principle target") It will probably require subsonic ammo, and luminous sights. Just cause YOU wouldn't be smart enough to employ such protection (as you move between buildings/vehicles,etc) doesn't mean THEY will be so dumb.
High-value targets are almost never found out in the boonies, and whacking lots of grunts has no effect. The war-lords (whose death MIGHT be worth risking your life to achieve) will require concealed carry of the rifle, sub- 100 yd shots, probably at a mover,probably first having to whack 1-2 of his guards (whose bodies will be used to shield the "principle target") It will probably require subsonic ammo, and luminous sights. Just cause YOU wouldn't be smart enough to employ such protection (as you move between buildings/vehicles,etc) doesn't mean THEY will be so dumb.